Western Gull head

The weather was blustery at Tillamook today, and I enjoyed seeing several hundred Bonaparte's Gulls (in breeding plumage) working their way north against the wind over the Barview jetty. But none of them came within camera range, so I entertained myself by trying to see the color of the eyering on this Western Gull when he stopped beside me for a few minutes. When he saw that I wasn't offering him a free lunch, he moved on.